189 Mo. App. 463 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1915
This is an action on a policy of fire insurance for $950 issued by defendant on a story and a half frame dwelling house owned by plaintiff in Rich Hill. The house was destroyed by fire while the policy was in force but liability was denied by defendant under statutes relating to town mutual insurance •companies, especially section 7166, Revised Statutes 1909. A trial of the issues presented by the pleadings resulted in a judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed. There is no real merit in the defense but we do not find it necessary to discuss the questions raised by defendant since the record does not show that defendant was incorporated and doing business as a town mutual insurance company under the provisions of article 12, chapter 61, Revised Statutes 1909.